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Biologics: by DR Tangina
Biologics: by DR Tangina
By Dr Tangina
a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body,
especially the production of antibodies.
3 Categories:
ANTIGENS-
a) Immunogenicity- capacity to induce antibody formation.
b) Specificity- governed by small chemical sites on the antigen molecule called
the antigenic determinants.
ANTIBODIES
• IgA (Alpha heavy chains)- is the predominate immunoglobulin that found
external bodily secretion (as saliva, tears, sweat).
• IgD (Delta heavy chains)- is primarily found on B cell surfaces where it
functions as a receptor for antigen
• IgE ( Epsilon heavy chains)- function in allergic reaction.
• IgM ( Mu heavy chains)- is the first Ig to be made by the fetus and the first Ig to
be made by a virgin B cells when it is stimulated by antigen.
IMMUNITY
• Natural immunity- is the natural resistances with which a person is born.
VACCINES
Vaccines do not guarantee complete protection from a disease. Sometimes, this
is because, the host’s immune system simply doesn’t respond adequately or at all.
This may be due to a lowered immune system in general ( diabetes, steroid use,
HIV infection) or because the host immune system doesn’t have A B cell capable
of generating antibodies to that antigen.
The efficacy or performance of the vaccine is dependent on a number of factors:
1. The disease itself ( for some diseases vaccination performs better than other
disease)
2. The strain of vaccine ( some vaccinations are for different strains of disease)
3. Whether on kept to time table for the vaccination.
4. Some individuals are “non-responders” to a certain vaccine.
5. Other factors such as age or genetic predisposition.
FACTORS
Vaccine type Vaccine of this type on US recommended childhood (ages 0-6)
immunization Schedule
1. Live attenuated Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox) , influenza
(nasal spray).
2. Killed or inactivated vaccines Polio (IPV), Hepatitis A
3. Toxoid (Inactivated Form) Diptheria
4. Subunit Conjugate Hepatitis B
Non-living vaccines include the absence of virulent, pathogens, the ability to
manufacture these vaccines to a high level of purity, and their stability under
adverse conditions ( for example heat) which facilitates their use in field
applications.
Viral vaccines- a drug contain either inactivated viruses, or attenuated (alive but
not capable causing disease) viruses.
Hepatitis B vaccine Medical workers and lab workers with frequent exposure
to blood or blood products, intravenous drug abusers, male homosexuals,
dialysis patients, recipients of clotting factors VIII or IX, Mortuary workers,
residents staff of institutions for mentally retarded and immuno comprised
patients. 1ml intramuscularly in deltoid muscle, repeated after 4 weeks and
again 6 months after first dose.
Small pox Vaccine
Is the living virus vaccinla(cowpox)thathas been grown in the skin of a
vaccinatedbovine calf.It was the first vaccine for smallpox invented by Edward
Jenner to treat smallpox disease caused by Variola major and Variola minor
viruses.
1. Anyone who is allergic to the vaccine or any of its component (streptomycin,
chlortetracycline, neomycin).
2. Pregnant women.
3. Lactating women.
4. Persons with skin problems. ( esp. eczema, and atopic dermatitis)
5. People with weakened immune system such as those with received transplant.
6. People taking medications with steroids.
7. HIV Positive.
8. People recovering from the ailment cancer.
RABIES
• Is prepared from the Pasteur derived pamannoore virus crown on human diploid
cell cultures developed in Europe and inactivated with B- Propiolactone. Both
vaccines are supplied as 10ml, single- dose vials of lyophilized vaccines with
accompanying diluent.
SUBVIRION VACCINE
Used to treat yellow fever or yellow sack, black vomit. It is a serious disease
caused by the yellow fever virus called flaui virus.Fibricus causative agent.
• Used to treat flu virus that infect our respiratory system as nose, throat and
sometimes lungs.
INFLUENZA VACCINE
2 types of influenzaVaccine (seasonal)
1. The injection ( with killed virus)
2. Nasal spray vaccine (containing live but weakened virus)
MEASLES VACCINE
Prepared with theB– level Jeryl Lynn strain from the virus which is grown in
cell cultures of chicken embryo tissue.
Provides active immunity for at least 10 years after immunization and is
particularly valuable to susceptible individuals approaching puberty and to
adults.
MUMPS VACCINES
• The vaccine contains one of theviral envelopeproteins, hepatitisB surface
antigen(HBsAg). It is produced by yeast cells, in to which thegenetic code for
HBsAg has been inserted.
• A course of two to three (2–3) vaccine injections is given, the second injection
at least one month after the first dose and the thirdi njection being administered
six months after the first dose. The first and second dose offer complete
protection. The final injection is to prolong protection against the hepatitis B
virus.
HEPATITIS VACCINE
Bacterial Vaccines
TYPHOID VACCINE
• A sterile suspension of killed cholera vibrios ( vibrio cholerae) in isotonic
sodium chloride solution or other suitable diluent.
CHOLERA VACCINE
Plague vaccine a preparation of killed Yersinia pestisbacilli, administered
intramuscularly as an active immunizing agent against plague.
Pertussis vaccine a preparation of killed Bordetellapertussis bacilli or of purified
antigenic components there of, used to immunize against pertussis; generaly used
in combination with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids(DTP or DTaP).
Pneumococcal vaccine polyvalenta preparation of purified capsular
polysaccharides from the 23serotypes of Streptococcus pneumonia ecausing the
majority o f pneumococcal disease;used as an active immunizing agent in persons
over 2 years of age, administered intramuscularly.
A biological product, or biologic, is a preparation, such as a drug or a vaccine,
that is made from living organisms. Compared with conventional chemical drugs,
biologics are relatively large and complex molecules. They may be composed of
proteins (and/or their constituent amino acids), carbohydrates (such as sugars),
nucleic acids (such as DNA), or combinations of these substances. Biologics may
also be cells or tissues used in transplantation.
BIOLOGIC PREPARATION